1-9 June 2014 On the Road Again

hi there,
long time no post, huh?
sorry about that.

Butch and I set out on this years adventure on 1 June.  We got as far as the Ohio Turnpike when we stopped for lunch.  Which was when butch realized he didn't have his wallet.
sigh
Thankfully, he has a sister that loves him very much. (she'd have to, to put up with our shit) 
She went to the house, the wallet was exactly where he knew he left it, and she overnighted it to us.  I don't know who was more surprised at the $52.25 it cost, her or him.

the first night we stopped at a state park in Ohio. we got lucky and the nearby lighthouse, Marblehead Light was open and we got to climb it.  you could see cedar point amusement park from there.

 

 

Camp Dearborn

Milford, MI

 

You would think that if a campground is named Camp Dearborn that it would actually be IN Dearborn.  you silly thing.  we were about 40 miles outside of Detroit. 

 

 

this dude stalked us.  I think it was looking for hand outs.  he made the mistake of going over to a family with about 18 kids on bicycles.  he ran from them pretty quick

 

We went to the holy land.  (according to butch) Yes, The Henry Ford Museum.  We went and toured the Rouge Factory where we saw them building f-150 trucks.  butch was disappointed they were still building 2014.  I think he wanted to shop.  No pics as they didn't allow it there.

 

The next day we went to the museum and spent the day there.  you seriously could spend several days there.  I thought it would just be cars, but boy was I wrong.  they had everything from a women's voting rights pin 1/4 in in size to a 255 ton steam locomotive from the Allegheny's.  so much cool stuff.

butch and an early tractor

we went to the Jack Rousch museum and got to look at more cars.  when we opened the door to walk in, the first thing I saw was 2 cougars.  butch of course knew them both having read about them in his car magazines.  I seriously think I heard him giggle in glee.
we got to see a warehouse full of Jack Rousch's cars.  He was so happy.

 

We also went to a Tigers game on Thursday.  It was a day game since I was kinda afraid of driving around the burned out city after dark.  Got a bobble head out of it.  Tigers lost. Another really nice stadium modeled after Camden Yards.